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“We’re talking about something that causes young children and adults to commit suicide, the fact that they have to hide their sexuality or they get bullied or they get teased. To me, if there’s any way I can help with that, that’s worth far more than kicking a small leather football around.” —
Chris Kluwe on The Daily Circuit. The punter was released from the Vikings Monday. If his opinions did contribute to the decision, he said, he had no regrets.
Related: Terminated, Chris Kluwe becomes the Terminator: “Viking or not, Kluwe appeared on the New Century stage yesterday as Ahnold’s cyborg assassin ‘the terminator’ for the Minnesota Fringe Festival’s annual fundraiser.”
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“When you let corporations cook for you, they don’t cook very well…They are putting things in that food that you would never put in yourself. So why let them?” — Michael Pollan, author of “Cooked” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” on The Daily Circuit today. Read nine other morsels from his conversation with Kerri Miller.
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The North Dakota oil patch contains twice as much oil than originally estimated, and three times as much natural gas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Energy production is fueling a nearly $2 billion budget surplus in North Dakota. In addition, earmarked reserve funds generated from energy revenue are expected to grow to more than $5 billion in the next two years.
(Image courtesy of USGS)
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